Michael tells a story from his professional past explaining some of the differences between Risk Mitigation and Risk Avoidance.  The scenario on today's #CyberSunday runs through some of the reasons and calculations that went into the decision leadership made between fixing the risk or avoiding it. 

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2024 is almost here, and that means a special end-of-year CyberSunday to close out the year. Today, Michael is talking about three topics that warrant special consideration for enterprise security programs in the new year. Listen in and tell us what you think! 

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It is crucial to know what role the CISO/security leader plays when it comes to risk. In today's #CyberSunday Michael talks about working with asset owners/business leaders before, during, and after a risk assessment.

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Risk assessments have inherent value for the business if done correctly. But there can also be explicit value for the business in performing a risk assessment and implementing a security program based on that assessment. In this #CyberSunday, Michael talks about both.

Mentioned Twitter/X Post: 

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Before you can figure out what risks to accept, you have to prioritize the risk. Before you can prioritize risk, you have to get visibility in your environment to determine what your risks are made of. In today's #CyberSunday, Michael talks about the benefits of risk prioritization and visibility into your environment to find those risks. 

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A CISO recently shared a LinkedIn post regarding speaking engagements. In this post he advised security leaders to ONLY accept paid engagements as their time is valuable. In this week’s #cybersunday Michael, who is not only a CISO but the founder of a cybersecurity conference, pushes back on this idea in favor of giving back to the community by sharing your time and knowledge. 

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Reviewing accepted risks is a crucial part of a risk management program. In today's #cybersunday, Michael talks about some important best practices like considering risk tolerance changes, involving business units in your review process, and others.

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Some recent notable #cybersecurity breaches have come from #socialengineering attacks. Humans are always going to fall for this, but we can help lessen the success of these attacks via awareness training. Michael talks in today’s #cybersunday about how #securityawarenesstraining can be targeted and doesn’t have to be so boring and difficult. 

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If you're looking for an MDR (Managed Detection and Response) vendor, the temptation is to think of them as a product company versus a services company. On this #cybersunday, Michael talks about why that happens, why it can lead to more confusion when trying to decide which vendor to go with, and some of the things you need to think about that can help you choose.

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The Barracuda ESG Vulnerability is still causing havoc, with the vendor telling their customers to replace the box. In this CyberSunday, Michael discusses some of the implications and considerations of this kind of vulnerability in an important and widely-deployed security device. 

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·      https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/barracuda-esg-exploited-globally

·       https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/barracuda-appliances-exploited/

·      https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/2023/06/08/etr-cve-2023-2868-total-compromise-of-physical-barracuda-esg-appliances/

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